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How can we know the type of a file?

  1. type filename

  2. type - -info filename

  3. file filename

  4. none
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Explanation

The file command is a standard Unix utility used to determine the file type by inspecting its content and magic numbers. The type command, on the other hand, describes how a command name is interpreted by the shell.

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